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mourning dove

NOUN
  1. wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

How To Use mourning dove In A Sentence

  • It is peaceful - quiet now except for mourning doves cooing in a nearby mesquite.
  • The first birds are singing: I heard a mourning dove and a purple finch near the cabin this morning.
  • I watched one such "pet" walk across the back of my property every morning for a full month with a new dead bird in its mouth, including but not limited to quail, mourning dove, cardinal, lark sparrow, painted bunting, titmice, indigo bunting and more finches than I could count. Study Concludes That Coyotes Kill Pet Cats
  • The small, pigeon-like birds that feed on the ground are called mourning doves because of the sad sound of their coos.
  • The Mourning Dove is the most slender of Washington's pigeons and doves.
  • Particular importance is attached to black duck, mallard, gadwall, bluewinged teal, wood duck, bobwhite quail, ringnecked pheasant, American woodcock, mourning dove and recently reintroduced turkey, because of their importance as game birds and their occurrence as nesting species in the wetlands and upland fringe. Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve
  • The broader scope of the new stamps will allow the agency to generate money for programs aimed at species such as mourning doves and quail, two hugely important game birds that previous stamps didn't cover.
  • Although this is desert, there is an incredible diversity of bird life along the river and in other areas of the park - mourning doves, American kestrel falcons, nighthawks and brown thrashers are just a few of the birds that call it home.
  • I'm convinced that where most birds may travel in pairs, mourning doves, the reason the term "birdbrain" exists, travel in threes - Curly, Moe and Larry. OspreyBlogs
  • The fluffy, peachy -beige breast feather immediately suggested a mourning dove.
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